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  • Kolkata horror: Youth held on rape charge; parents end lives on tracks

    12 KOLKATA: The arrest of a 26-year-old by Maniktala police on Tuesday from his Nimta home for raping a woman with a false promise of marriage prompted his parents to end their lives by suicide hours later.According to the ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Alipore Museum to exhibit Satyajit Ray photographs by Nemai Ghosh

    The Alipore Museum, in collaboration with DAG, is set to host an exhibition showcasing photographer Nemai Ghosh's extensive documentation of Satyajit Ray KOLKATA: The Alipore Museum, in collaboration with DAG, will host photographer Nemai Ghosh’s decades-long documentation of the ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Shakespeare meets Surrealism in Dalí works at Victoria Memorial

    On May 16, International Museum Day, the Victoria Memorial museum brought out twin rare gems from its formidable collection of art — two Salvador Dalí colour etchings from his Macbeth series, originally created in 1946 as illustrations for William ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Why Santiniketan Is Your Ultimate Monsoon Getaway

    12 Heed our suggestion now, thank us later — the best season to be in Santiniketan is during the monsoons. Yes, you read that right: pass on the winter jostle and the overcrowded Poush Mela, not to mention overpriced ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    209 pregnant women rescued during Ghatal floods give birth

    12 Ghatal: As many as 209 out of 275 pregnant women — displaced by the recent floods in the Midnapore Sadar area and admitted at Ghatal Super Speciality Hospital and Keshpur Rural Hospital — have given birth within eight ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather: Humid and rain expected

    The data for this weather forecast has been sourced from AQI.in, providing residents with comprehensive information to plan their daily activities and weekly schedules accordingly.Kolkata's weather forecast for July 17, 2025, indicates a typical monsoon day with temperatures ranging ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    New format unique & contemporary: 'S'-shaped seating pattern; OMR-based exam in Bengal Higher Secondary 3rd semester to curb cheating

    KOLKATA: An S-shaped seating pattern is set to debut in the semester-based Higher Secondary examination to be held from Sept 8 to Sept 22 to prevent students from cheating. West Bengal Higher Secondary Council has split the HS exam ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Any reason behind raids to identify Bangladeshis, asks Calcutta HC

    KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre why there were countrywide raids suddenly in June to identify Bangladeshis staying illegally in the country. Cops could conduct coordinated raids but there had to be a reason, the HC ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Not in our name: Migrants working in city say Kol offers acceptance, this is home too

    Kolkata: As chief minister Mamata Banerjee marched through the heart of Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon, protesting against reports of discrimination faced by Bengalis in other states, several migrant workers and traders from other states watching the rally from the ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Mohun Bagan edge Kalighat MS 2-1 ahead of derby

    12 Kolkata: Mohun Bagan Super Giant rode a second-half goal from Karan Rai to defeat Kalighat Milan Sangha 2-1 at the Kalyani stadium on Wednesday, gaining a much-needed boost three days before facing East Bengal FC in the season's ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    HC to hear Sanjay, CBI pleas in Sept

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court in Sept will hear RG Kar rape and murder case convict Sanjay Roy's acquittal appeal, along with the CBI's appeal, seeking a death sentence for him."Evidence was not sufficient for his conviction, and he ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Lawyer raises questions on ‘mystery room’

    Kolkata: The CBI on Wednesday filed a status report on the investigation of the rape and murder of the RG Kar PGT doctor. In the Sealdah court, the victim's parents' lawyers asked CBI about a hospital room on the ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Rare heart surgery on 6-month-old gets medical journal entry honour

    Kolkata: The case of a rare and complex heart surgery on a six-month-old girl in a Kolkata hospital was published by the World Journal of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery due to the rarity of the procedure on such ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Captivity challenges: Study finds ailments in zoo animals

    123456 Kolkata: Disease diagnosis of animals at Alipore Zoological Garden, one of the oldest in the country, has unearthed frequent cases of lameness, hepato-renal abnormalities (liver and kidney diseases), and respiratory complications. According to experts, this points to challenges ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Resto war heats up in Hills as Darj icons vie with brand from Kolkata

    123456 Kolkata: Darjeeling's iconic confectionery Glenary's and breakfast joint Keventer's now face competition from Kolkata's heritage tea room Flurys, with the latter setting up shop a few metres away on Nehru Road.Flurys, the European-style tea room on Park Street ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Work on Purple Line’s Kidderpore station starts

    12 Kolkata: The two-year impasse over permission to use land inside the Kolkata Armed Police property have been resolved with the agencies conducting inspections of the Alipore Bodyguard Lines on Wednesday to start the pre-construction work for the Purple ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    18-yr-old BBA student on day out with friends falls ill at Nicco Park, dies

    12 Kolkata: A BBA student died during a day out with friends at Nicco Park on Wednesday. Police suspect he died of heart attack. Rahul Das (18), the only child of his parents, studied at a private university in ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Trans woman appears in job viva with CS help

    Kolkata: A trans woman from Nadia successfully appeared in her WB Health Recruitment Board viva for the post of medical technologist (lab) after the intervention of chief secretary Manoj Pant.Born Ayan Sanyal, Anurupa applied for the post in 2019 ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    New lease of life for Nimtala ghat

    Kolkata: After inking a deal with Adani Port for the redevelopment of Kumartuli Ghat, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK), has signed an MoU with a city-based realty developer for the redevelopment, renovation and beautification of Nimtala ghat.Speaking on ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    New Town set to get parking lot for 1,500 car

    12 Kolkata: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to inaugurate the city's biggest multi-storey car parking complex in New Town on Thursday. The eight-storied ramp-up complex, set up by Hidco, will accommodate about 1,500 cars. The parking complex has ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal BJP takes aim at ‘protection of illegal immigrants’

    123 Kolkata: Bengal BJP on Wednesday intensified its campaign against what it perceives as the legitimisation of illegal immigrants by Trinamool Congress. BJP alleged that Trinamool's protests were an attempt to politicise Bengali identity and protect illegal immigrants.Bengal BJP ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    292 get HC nod to be hired in madrassas

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for recruitment of 292 Group D employees against vacant posts in state-run madrassas, which had been held up for the last 15 years.Justice Partha Sarathi Sen directed the West ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    6 from Malda rescued from assault, jailed in Ludhiana

    Malda: Six Malda workers, employed by a company in Ludhiana, were jailed after Punjab cops rescued them from being brutally assaulted on July 2 and then slapped non-bailable charges on them, their families alleged on Wednesday.The families said the ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Birla Tyres re-enters market with plans for full capacity utilisation, export

    Kolkata: Birla Tyres has re-entered the market with 10% capacity utilisation under new ownership. The company aims to achieve 100% capacity utilisation within the next two to three years and initiate exports to the Middle East and Africa.Birla Tyres ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengali migrant workers join rally, recount tales of detention horror

    Kolkata: Singur resident Jhantu Mondal (47), who was rounded up from near his work site in Odisha and confined to a small room for nearly a week on suspicion of being a Bangladeshi, on Wednesday walked along with chief ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Gritty rape survivor writes 1st-semester law exam

    123 Kolkata: The law student, who went through three hours of torture and sexual abuse on the college campus in south Kolkata on June 25, appeared for her first-semester law examination on Wednesday.Her family has been supporting her since ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Cultural obliteration’ fears in Bengal after Ray ancestral home demolition in B’desh

    1234 Kolkata: The demolition of the house of Satyajit Ray's ancestor, Harikishore Ray Chowdhury, formerly used as Mymensingh Shishu Academy, has elicited strong criticism from both sides of the border.While Mamata Banerjee urged the Bangladesh interim govt, led by ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    SC upholds Bengal’s reclaiming of land allotted to HM

    Kolkata: Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by Hindustan Motors and upheld Bengal govt's taking back of 395 acres of land at Uttarpara."This marks the culmination of a prolonged legal battle, during which the state ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    HC dismisses 4 appeals, clears decks for fresh SSC recruitment

    12 Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Wednesday dismissed four appeals against certain sections of the 2025 rules for the fresh selection process to be conducted by School Service Commission (SSC). Clearing the decks for recruitment, HC said the appelants, ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Himanta accuses TMC of shielding Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators

    12 Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday accused Trinamool of portraying his govt's firm stance against illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi Muslims as anti-Bengali. He claimed TMC's alleged attempt was nothing but a desperate ploy to shield Muslim ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    NCB nabs 2 with cocaine from Kenya

    Kolkata: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) dismantled a major international drug trafficking operation, seizing cocaine worth Rs 2 crore and arresting two individuals in Kolkata, officials announced on Wednesday.The suspects,Anirban Mallik and Jayita Saha, were apprehended following an investigation ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    KMC starts road repairs using paver blocks & rubbish

    Kolkata: Taking advantage of the slight breather from rains on Tuesday and again on Wednesday, the roads department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) started repairing some of the most damaged road points where potholes and craters developed, using paver ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    Met spies few rain spells today, slight rise in mercury

    12 Kolkata: A depression that kept the city under a loud cover with intermittent rain on Monday moved away from the region and dissipated into a low-pressure area. However, moisture flow from the system, along with local convection, triggered ...

    17 July 2025 Times of India
    130cr upgrade for Siliguri diesel loco shed

    Kolkata: The Union railway ministry has sanctioned Rs 130 crore for the upgrade and expansion of the Siliguri diesel loco shed. The shed at Siliguri Junction station will be expanded to maintain 250 locomotives, from its present 100 locomotives, ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Air India crash: Pilots slam 'deliberate' ambiguity in report timeline

    Air India crash KOLKATA: Serving and retired pilots have expressed concern over what they term "deliberate" ambiguity in the timeline mentioned in the preliminary probe report prepared by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) into the AI 171 crash. ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Identity first: Mamata Banerjee braves rain, leads Kolkata march over targeting of Bengalis in BJP-ruled states; questions migrant profiling

    The TMC alleges a growing pattern of linguistic profiling, arbitrary detentions, and attempts to label Bengali speakers as illegal immigrants. NEW DELHI: Braving heavy rain, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday led a protest march in Kolkata, ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Safety notices raised alerts on B787 fuel valves, switches

    KOLKATA: A day after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation belatedly ordered checks on the fuel control switches of Boeing aircraft, including B787 and B737, based on a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) NM-18-33 issued by US regulator Federal ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata law college gang-rape: Survivor collects admit card; exam centre to be 'secure and comfortable'

    A law student in Kolkata, who endured a horrific assault on her college campus, received her first-semester exam admit card KOLKATA: The law student, who went through three hours of torture and sexual abuse on her college campus in ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    I-T raids on TMC edu cell functionary

    Jalpaiguri: The income tax department conducted a 19-hour raid starting from Monday afternoon at the house of Trinamool Shiksha Cell functionary Joydeb Arya in Cooch Behar's Tufanganj, reports Pinak Priya Bhattacharya. The raid gave rise to speculation about Arya's ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    City school students thrilled to track splashdown live

    1234 Kolkata: The return of the Crew Dragon Grace Spacecraft capsule, which made a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California, around 3.01 pm (IST) on Tuesday, brought excitement to the faces of students ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    KMC waits for 7-day dry spell to run hot-mix plants, finish repairs

    123456 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is hoping for at least seven days of dry spell to ensure that road repair work could be completed across the city. The civic body used the brief dry spells since Tuesday ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Heavy rain triggers multiple landslides in Darjeeling

    Darjeeling: Incessant rainfall has triggered multiple landslides across districts in Darjeeling on Monday. Two tourism department quarters suffered damages, affecting around 10 houses in Ward 17. A wall was damaged in Ward 23. In a separate incident, a tree ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    8 Bengal workers ‘shoved into buses, forcibly sent back’: Mahua

    Krishnanagar: Eight residents of Thanarpara in Nadia who went to Chhattisgarh to work as construction workers in Bastar and were jailed by Chhattisgarh police as suspected Bangladeshis on July 12, were packed into buses and sent back to Bengal ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    DVC releasing water to save itself, flooding Bengal: CM

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) was releasing water to save itself while causing floods in Bengal. "DVC released nearly 27,000 lakh cubic metres of water. Despite repeated requests, they refuse to make repairs ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Experts deliberate on AI and liberals arts at principals’ meet

    123 Kolkata: The Times NIE Principals' Seminar, held recently at a city hotel, offered unique insights into holistic education. Organised in association with Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, the seminar held on July 3 provided a platform for ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Didi’s rally today over B’desh tag on Bengalis

    12 Kolkata: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will hit the streets on Wednesday against the profiling of Bengali-speaking persons as Bangladeshis in BJP-governed states.The spate of arrests and detentions of Bengali-speaking migrants in Odisha, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Delhi ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    8 Bengal workers ‘shoved into buses, forcibly sent back’: Mahua

    Krishnanagar: Eight residents of Thanarpara in Nadia who went to Chhattisgarh to work as construction workers in Bastar and were jailed by Chhattisgarh police as suspected Bangladeshis on July 12, were packed into buses and sent back to Bengal ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Med student expelled for using fake ST certificate

    Bankura: Juhi Kole, a fourth-year medical student, was expelled from Bankura Sammilani Medical College for taking admission with a fake ST certificate. The college authorities have filed a complaint with the police.According to sources, Juhi took admission in the ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Pocso, voyeurism charges on 2 youths in Gol Park gang rape

    12 Kolkata: A special Pocso court on Tuesday framed charges against two youths, Aryan Mishra and Rishi Agarwal, for the alleged gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl last year. They have been slapped with charges under various sections of the ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    2 held for creating fake Aadhaar, lens on terror links

    Kolkata: The Bengal STF has arrested owners of a mobile shop on Birbhum for allegedly creating fake Aadhaar cards, using forged documents, in exchange for money. Sheikh Miraj and Abdul Quddus, alias Sheikh Munna, were rounded up from Sattor ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    3 die in Purulia as mud house crumbles

    12 Purulia: Three people died and three others were injured when a mud house collapsed due to heavy rain at Bhandar Puara village in Purulia on Tuesday morning. Locals stepped into action when the house collapsed and helped the ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Samik: Not party’s job to attend ‘namaz’ or ‘hari naam sankirtan’

    Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya, who has been making attempts to recalibrate its political narrative in the state, on Tuesday said a party's job was not to attend "namaz" or "hari naam sankirtan (chanting Hari)". Bhattacharya, who emphasised ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    TMC MP: Matuas in Pune called ‘Bangladeshi’, held

    Kolkata: Matua community members were now being arrested in Pune as illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and police were refusing to accept their identity cards issued by All India Matua Mahasangha (AIMM), along with Aadhaar and EPIC, Trinamool MP Samirul Islam ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Dhaka sends Haribhanga mangoes for Didi

    12 Kolkata: A consignment of 200kg of the famed Haribhanga mangoes from Dhaka reached Kolkata on Wednesday evening for chief minister Mamata Banerjee as Bangladesh continued its "mango diplomacy" to serve as a goodwill gesture between the two nations.Haribhanga ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Safety notices raise alerts on B787 fuel valves, switches

    123 Kolkata: A day after DGCA ordered checks on fuel control switches of Boeing aircraft based on a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) NM-18-33 issued by US regulator Federal Aviation Authority in Dec 17, 2018, an Airworthiness Directive (AD) ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    KMC pipe work damages metro diaphragm wall

    12 Kolkata: A portion of the diaphragm wall of the North-South Metro (Blue Line) was damaged during the installation of water pipelines by the KMC near Mudiali on SP Mukherjee Road. Metro Railway has asked the civic body to ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Work set to begin on 1.7-km underground leg of Yellow Line

    12 Kolkata: The second phase of the underground Yellow Line beyond the airport to Birati is set to begin with the engineering firm—which built the underground packages for the East-West Metro—securing a Rs 1,330-crore contract. ITD Cementation's job includes ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    CM flags razing of Upendrakishore home in B’desh, India offers help to rebuild it

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she was "saddened" by reports emerging from Bangladesh that the residence of writer and painter Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury in Bangladesh was being demolished. Upendrakishore was the father of one of Bengal's most ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Govt extends CAP deadline by 10 days

    123 Kolkata: The state higher education department on Tuesday issued a notice and extended the admission deadline to July 25. A total of 19.9 lakh applications were submitted by Tuesday evening.This was the second extension of the deadline for ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Depression moves away, rain likely to ease today

    12 Kolkata: Dark clouds from a depression spread across the city have been causing intermittent rain since Sunday night. The city has been under its spell throughout Monday and the Met office has not ruled out some intense spells ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Traffic diversion for CM rally today

    Kolkata: The Kolkata Police has made extensive arrangements for the Trinamool Congress protest rally that will be led by chief minister Mamata Banerjee and attended by the top leadership, including Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, on Wednesday. It has ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Sanjay Roy only accused so far, CBI tells parents of RG Kar victim

    Kolkata: A day before it is scheduled to submit a status report in the R G Kar rape-murder case, the CBI on Tuesday reached the Sodepur residence of the victim's parents. The team, led by investigating officer Seema Pahuja, ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Woman’s absence hits B-school rape probe, gives edge to defence

    123 Kolkata: The woman who accused a 26-year-old MBA student at a premier B-school in Kolkata of rape did not turn up before the magistrate for the second day in a row to record her confidential testimony, giving cops ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    64-yr-old woman, 3 pet dogs found dead

    123 Asansol: A 64-year-old woman and her three pet dogs were found dead, and her son was rescued in an unconscious state in what police suspect to be a suicide pact at Rashdanga Sumathi Pally in Asansol on Monday.The ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    2 more trawlers with 34 Kakdwip fishermen in Bangladesh net

    123 Kolkata: Thirty-four fishermen from Kakdwip in two fishing trawlers were allegedly detained by the Bangladesh Navy in the early hours of Monday for allegedly crossing into Bangladeshi waters while fishing in the Bay of Bengal. According to sources, ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Members of law college governing body face CU probe panel posers

    123 Kolkata: The Calcutta University probe panel has questioned absence of documented dissent in law college governing body meetings. "Where was the note of dissent if there was disagreement on multiple points raised in the governing body meeting?", the ...

    16 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata B-school rape case: Accused claims they knew each other through dating app, met twice; says whatever happened was consensual

    KOLKATA: The ongoing investigation into the alleged rape case at a premier Kolkata B-school has taken a fresh turn, with the accused MBA student claiming he is innocent and that whatever happened was “consensual.”The accused stated that he met ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘Untainted’ march to Nabanna, traffic feels heat across Kolkata

    123456 Kolkata: Several hundred cops blocked multiple entries to Nabanna to stop thousands of unemployed ‘untainted' teachers from marching to Nabanna on Monday. The rally threw traffic in large parts of Kolkata and Howrah into a mess for better ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Kolkata weather update: Rainy tuesday with high humidity and cozy indoor activities

    According to AQI.in, this weather data represents the beginning of a significant seasonal shift in Kolkata's climate pattern.Kolkata is experiencing moderate rainfall on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, with temperatures ranging between 25.5°C and 31.6°C. The city faces a 97% ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Amid OBC uncertainty, Bengal education department keeps UG admission options open; merit list on hold till court decision

    KOLKATA: Applicants for undergraduate college seats in most of Bengal's varsities can either follow the OBC list that existed here before 2010 as of now or wait for the Supreme Court's final order on the issue.The state higher education ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Mamata: What’s wrong with visiting martyrs’ graveyard?

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday extended support to her Jammu & Kashmir counterpart Omar Abdullah for his defiant move against the Centre on Martyrs' Day, questioning why a democratically elected chief minister would not be allowed the freedom ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Police SOS to KMC, advisory for motorists on 7 bad city stretches

    123456 Kolkata: The police, who have sent an SOS to the civic body about bad roads, have advised motorists to expect slower traffic on at least seven stretches of the city until the rains are over. At least four ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    AI tool, ‘campus moms’ to curb IIT Kharagpur student deaths

    Kolkata:The rising number of student deaths on campus has prompted IIT Kharagpur to launch a first-of-its-kind AI-powered emotional health monitoring tool that enables anonymous self check-ins and early alert systems. Besides, the institute will also introduce an initiative titled ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Fresh encroachments eat up C Kol pavements

    1234 Kolkata: Residents of Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road in central Kolkata have raised concerns over rampant encroachments in the area, alleging that pavements and carriageways were illegally occupied by street vendors, stalls, and food carts, resulting in blocked entrances, ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    In a third for city, Calcutta Club poll sees woman vie for top post

    12 Kolkata: A woman member of the Calcutta Club has thrown her hat in the ring for the post of president for the second time in five years, marking only the third such incident in the more than one-and-a-half-century-old ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Murshidabad artisan’s Shola elephant gifted by PM to Ghana speaker

    12 Kolkata: It was a moment of joy for Samir Saha, a 65-year-old national award-winning artisan from Murshidabad, when he first heard that the replica of an elephant crafted by him was gifted to the Speaker of Ghana, Alban ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    ‘May I help you, Uncle’: Sr citizen loses 27k to shoulder-surfing fraud

    12 Kolkata: In yet another incident of "shoulder surfing" leading to ATM fraud by trained fraudsters, a 65-year-old resident of north Kolkata fell victim to a card swap scam, losing Rs 27,200 through unauthorised transactions. Pradip Kumar Hela, a ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    After Alipurduar snub, Dilip gets invite to Modi’s Durgapur rally

    12 Kolkata: Former BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, who met key party functionaries in New Delhi a few days ago, received an invitation to attend PM Narendra Modi's rally in Durgapur on July 18. Ghosh's presence will help bridge ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    At 15 spots across city, civic body waits for rain to stop to start road repair work

    123456 Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will conduct a night drive to repair roads damaged due to incessant rain. From the Dum Dum-Cossipore belt in north Kolkata to Biren Roy Road (West) in Behala, the list is getting ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Bengal to hand over 40-acre Uttarpara plot to Titagarh rail

    Kolkata: A Bengal cabinet meeting, chaired by CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday, decided to hand over a 40-acre plot of contiguous land at Kotrung and Bhadrakali in Hooghly's Uttarpara to Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd (TRSL).TRSL would use the land ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    At law college, students return for admit cards

    123 Kolkata: "You have nothing to fear. Come to college without any worry." The authorities of the law college in Kasba reached out to first-year students through the official WhatsApp group as admit card distribution for first-year students started ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    40k lost after call to ATM ‘helpline’

    Kolkata: Be careful if you find a helpline number pasted on the ATM machine and the machine itself is not dispensing cash. After a four-month break, the infamous ATM gang members orchestrated yet another fraud at a public sector ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    11-yr-old gets pacemaker after ‘ojha’ efforts flop

    Kolkata: An 11-year-old boy from a village in Rampurhat, who was suffering from frequent bouts of syncope (fainting) for close to four years with an undiagnosed condition, was found to have complete heart blockage, which is not a common ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    VIP Road night blocks to get potholed tarmac back in shape

    1234 Kolkata: Traffic crawled on VIP Road on the first working day of the week as PWD authorities failed to complete the road repair within the stipulated deadline of Monday morning. More potholes and craters have started appearing on ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Plea to govt: Allow carriers on Bengal Hills cabs

    12 Darjeeling: The Darjeeling-Kalimpong District Taxi Owners' Forum has reached out to CM Mamata Banerjee, urging her to reconsider the enforcement of alteration norms for taxis with carriers atop for carrying luggage in the Hills. The forum has also ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    RS Software starts work to integrate global payments systems

    12 Kolkata: Tech giant RS Software (India) Ltd, that had built the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform in 2015, is now working on a global payments integration platform to facilitate international trade flows. The company is also planning to ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Mamata hails NITI report on Bengal

    Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday hailed NITI Aayog's acknowledgement of "Bengal's exceptional achievements in various socio-economic parameters, particularly in employment generation". The CM said the state's annual unemployment rate of 2.2% for 2022-23 was significantly lower than the ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    C’garh cops ‘kidnapped’ 8 Nadia workers: Mahua

    Kolkata: Eight construction workers from Nadia, engaged by a Chhattisgarh-based private construction agency to work in Bastar's Kondagaon, had been "kidnapped" by Chhattisgarh police on July 12 and put in Jagdalpur prison, Trinamool's Krishnanagar MP Mahua Moitra alleged on ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    HC directs regularisation of 15 Group D civic staffers

    Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday held that irregular appointments made against vacant posts can be regularised on the basis of long and uninterrupted service. As such, the HC directed immediate regularisation of 15 Group D staff members ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    3 more arrested in Bhangar murder case

    123 Kolkata: Three more persons were arrested on Monday in connection with the murder of Trinamool functionary Razzak Khan in Bhangar, bringing the total number of arrests to four. All three men were sharpshooters who carried out the murder ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    BITM to livestream return of Shux

    Kolkata: The Birla Industrial & Technological Museum will livestream the return of the Axiom Mission 4, piloted by group captain Shubhanshu Shukla. The event, scheduled to begin at 1.30 pm, will feature an open house quiz on spaceflight missions, ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Institute restricts guest entry, asks students not to venture outside campus

    12 Kolkata: The premier management institute has restricted the entry of guests to its campus and hostel for the time being following the allegation of rape against a second-year student by a 24-year-old psychologist."The entry of guests has been ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Probe panel questions vice-principal, CU nominee on governing body

    Nayna Chatterji, the vice-principal of the law college in Kasba where the rape incident occurred, was questioned by the probe panel on Monday. Sources said that she was asked around 35 questions regarding various issues such as the governing ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Whatever happened was consensual: Youth’s counsel

    12 Kolkata: The 26-year-old MBA second-year student, accused of raping a young psychologist on the B-school campus in Kolkata, has stressed before cops, counsel and his family that he was innocent and whatever happened was "consensual"."We believe the youth ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    No confidential testimony after woman’s no-show before magistrate

    123 Kolkata: The confidential testimony of the woman who accused a 26-year-old MBA student at a premier B-school in Kolkata could not be recorded on Monday. The govt lawyer informed the Alipore additional chief judicial magistrate's court that the ...

    15 July 2025 Times of India
    Questions mount over gaps, error in ‘opaque’ AI prelim crash report

    12 Kolkata: Veteran pilots from various airlines who reviewed the preliminary AI 171 crash report have questioned whether a software glitch or mechanical failure — which could cause fuel valves in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to switch off — ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    IIM-Calcutta rape case: Accused student admits to spiking drink; SIT flags contradictory statements

    Representational NEW DELHI: The student accused of rape at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta has admitted to purchasing sleeping pills and mixing them into cold drinks and water before offering them to the woman, police said on ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    8th South Asian Film Festival: Sri Lankan documentary wins Satyajit Ray Bronze Award

    KOLKATA: A documentary on land disputes including displacement of Adivasis has won the Satyajit Ray Bronze Award (Documentary) at the 8th South Asian Film Festival. Through the feminine gaze of a director and 11 women, it highlights the issue ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    FIR after bitumen covers north Kolkata tram tracks

    Kolkata: The recent bituminisation of tram tracks at MG Road–Rabindra Sarani crossing has stirred public outcry and legal concerns, with the Calcutta Tram Users Association (CTUA) filing an FIR at Burrabazar PS on Sunday. The association has claimed that ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
    Low pressure may bring more rain in Kolkata today: Met

    Kolkata: Rain might intensify in Kolkata and south Bengal districts on Monday due to low pressure and monsoon activity, the Met department predicted. The city received multiple spells of rain on Sunday as a thick cloud cover loomed large.A ...

    14 July 2025 Times of India
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